Shade-cloth.



W. H. REGNERY & S. KEMPNER.

SHADE CLOTH.

APPLICATION FILED DEC. 4, 1911.

1,1 00,255, Patented June 16, 1914,

COLUMIIA mNdGIAPH COHWAININGTON, D. c.

UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICE.

WILLIAM H. REGNERY AND STANISLAUS KEMPNER, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, ASSIGN- ORS TO THE WESTERN SHADE CLOTH COMPANY, OF CHICAGO, ILLINOIS, A

CORPORATION OF ILLINOIS.

SHADE-CLOTH.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented June 16, 1914.

Application filed December 4, 1911. Serial No. 663,868.

To all whom it may concern Be it known that we, WILLIAM H. REG- NERY and STANIsLAUs KEMPNER, both citi- Zens of the United States, residing at Chicago, in the county of Cook and State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Shade-Cloths, of which the following is a specification.

The principal object of our invention is to construct a shade cloth which will not tear or crack under the ordinary or unusual strains to which such an article is subjected, and which will not wrinkle, sag, break or curl.

A further object of our invention is to construct an opaque cloth which, in certain lights, will have the appearance of being ribbed, giving it the striped appearance so much desired at the present time.

The manner in which these desirable objects are attained will be hereinafter more fully set forth and our improved shade cloth is shown in the accompanying drawing in which Figure 1 is a plan view of a portion thereof; Fig. 2 is an edge view of Fig. 1. Figs. 3 and 4 are detail views.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the shade cloth 5 may be made from any good grade of cloth, such as cotton cloth, having a plurality of longitudinal ribs or stripes 6 woven therein, thereby making the shade of greater thickness where the stripes occur than the body of the cloth between the stripes, thus giving greater tensile strength and preventing, to a certain extent, the puokering or wrinkling of the cloth, as well as the cracking or tearing thereof. These qualities are intensified by the process to which the cloth is subjected and which is as follows: In order that the shade cloth will not become stretched and thereby lose its shape in use, it is first stretched, after which it is sized to fill in all voids and render the cloth more opaque. The cloth is then given an oil treatment, whereby it becomes thoroughly saturated and is thus effectively able to permanently resist the action of dampness or moisture and thereby preventing sagging to a large extent; the oil also imparting to the cloth a certain flexibility, materially aiding in preventing wrinkling, curling or cracking.

Having now described our invention, we claim:

A stretched shade cloth having a plurality of ribs woven therein and diagonally arranged in rows longitudinally of said shade cloth.

WILLIAM H. REGNERY. STANISLAUS KEMPNER. Witnesses:

ARTHUR R. Lown, O'r'ro E. FRIED.

Copies of this patent may be obtained for five cents each, by addressing the Commissioner of Patents. Washington, D. 0. 

